Rail-joint.



v N. BROZORICH.

RAIL JOINT. APPLICATION FILED AUG-24. 1914.

Patented Oct. 19, 1915.

Qmmmw attoznaq NICHOLAS BROZORICI-I, or" ALBIA, Iowa;

RAIL-JOINT.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Qct,19, 1915,

Application'filed August 24, 1914. Serial No. 858,284.

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' of Iowa, have invented certain new and-useful Improvements inRail-Joints, of which the following is a specification. This inventionrelates to rail joints, and

hasfor its object the production of an improved form of coupling at theabutting ends of the rails that formssuch a rigid connection as toobviate the use of the ordinary fish plates commonly used in making railconnections. r

.Another object of this invention is the production of a rail joint inwhich one of the abutting rails is provided with an extensionlfrom theweb terminating in a hook that is adapted to be positioned in an openingformed in the other of said rails.

' A still further object of this invention is theproduction ofa railjoint that is verysimple in construction, efficient in operatlon,

consisting only of the minimum number of parts, and therefore can bemanufactured and placed upon the market for the minimum cost.

With these and other objects in view, this invention consists of certainnovel constructions, combinations and arrangement of parts as will behereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 is a side elevation of theabutting ends of adjoining rails constructed in accordance with myinvention. Fig. 2 is a section taken I on line 22 of Fig. 1. .Fig. 3 isa section taken on line 33 of Fig. 2. Fig. 1 is a detailed perspectiveView of one end ofa rail with the hook member formed thereon.

Referring to the parts by reference nu- I merals, the abutting ends ofadjoining rails are designated by the numerals 10 and 11, the railsbeing of the conventional form comprises a base 12, head, 13 and web 14.Adjacent one end of a rail 10 formed inaccordance with my invention, andmore spe cifically shown in the drawing, is an opening 15 formed'in theweb of the rail and having one of its faces rounded as indicated at 16.

Adjacent the opposite end of the rail from that of the formation of theopening 15, and

shown in the drawing on the-end of the rail designated 11, the web ofthat portion of the rail being slightly enlarged as is clearly shown inFigs. 2 and 4:, is a projecting strip .17 having its end bent at rightangles to the mam portion thereof, and then bent in a directionlongitudinal of the body portion and toward the point of connection ofsaid projection with the rail 11, and thus forming a hook designated bythe numeral 18.

The inner face of that portion of the hook 18 that is in longitudinalalinement with the body portion of the strip '17 is provided witha'beveled face 19, so. that when the rails are being positioned as shownin Figs. 1 and 2, the beveled face 19 of the hook 18 will engage therounded face of the opening 15, and thus guide the device to a positivelocking position. the projection 17 and the web of the rail designatedby the numeral 14, and when the hook is positioned in the opening 15,the rails become alined and a securing means 20 is passed theret'hroughto further facilitate the1 securing of the abutting ends of the rai s.

As will be seen from the. foregoing description taken in connection withthe accompanying drawings, an improved coupling has been formed at theabutting ends of rails that will securely hold the sam from separationand at the same time necessitate only'the minimum amount of changingfrom the ordinary type of rail now in use. Furthermore, this improvedform of coupling in no way weakens the rails at their abutting ends,inasmuch as the part of the joint that carries the extension thatterminates in the hook has the web enlarged wished to confine theinvention to the exact form herein shown and described, but it is wishedto include all such as properly comes within th scope claimed.

What is claimed is:

In a rail joint, a pair of rails, one of the same having an apertureformed therein adjacent its abutting end with one of the Openings areformed in Walls at. saidv apertuie being rounded, the In testimonyWhereofI aflixiny signatui'e I I other of said rails having ahookprojecting in presen'ce of two Witnesses. 7

from its abutting end having an inclined face adapted to ride therounded face of said. 7. V I N L 5 aperture whereby the positioning ofsaid Witnesses: a

hookrin said opening is facilitated to jsev i GEO. VDAS,

cure the abutting ends of said rails together; J. C. MABRY.

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